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LAS VEGAS (KSNV) \u2014 <\/span>Lexa Paige is a busy Las Vegas Strip entertainer and singer.<\/p>\n And when she’s not performing, she has her hands full with her son Cyrus, whom she works hard to provide for every day.<\/p>\n But Paige says paying the bills is more challenging right now with fewer visitors coming to the Entertainment Capital.<\/p>\n “I haven’t seen Vegas look the way it has since COVID,” she said. “We are going into our theaters nightly and not performing for anybody.”<\/p>\n She says some shows have had to close down.<\/p>\n “There have been pay cuts. There have been shows that have moved locations to try and save their livelihood,” said Paige.<\/p>\n To make matters worse, Paige says she recently lost thousands of dollars in a Crypto scam at a time when money is already tight.<\/p>\n “By the time I had taken my son and walked back to my house, which is about 10-minute walk from the park, back to my home, all of the money was drained out of my account,” said Paige.<\/p>\n The financial challenges are impacting her family hard, including having to pull Cyrus from his preschool program.<\/p>\n “Because of the uncertainty with everything and now this major loss that I experienced with my savings being gone, it’s just, there’s no way to feasibly keep him there,” said Paige.<\/p>\n Tourists visiting the Welcome to Las Vegas sign on Wednesday afternoon said they’re keeping things lowkey so that their pocketbooks don’t take a big hit.<\/p>\n “I honestly stayed at the hotel. I enjoyed some food. What else did I do? The pool. But you know, nothing outside of that,” said Amiyah, who was visiting from New Jersey.<\/p>\n And for some, that meant skipping out on some of the entertainment.<\/p>\n “This is my first time coming when the Sphere is here,” said Jazz, who traveled from California. “And I wanted to go see shows. A little pricey, a little up there. So, we kind of just chilled, kind of walked around to see what things we can do that are free or just not that expensive.”<\/p>\n “I wanted to go to shows, but honestly, everything was so expensive. And it just feels as though out here they capitalize on every little thing,” said Amiyah.<\/p>\n Now it’s the waiting game to see what’s next for tourism and the local economy.<\/p>\n While that happens, Paige says she will continue to do what she loves while taking care of her son and her mother as well.<\/p>\n